Mr Murphy has worked within the foodservice industry for more than 30 years, initially as a chef. He has been involved in winning commercial equipment specifications whilst working for Falcon Foodservice, Glen Dimplex, and most recently, Lincat.

Mr Murphy brings a wealth of experience from time spent working on catering distributors' national accounts and the public sector over the last 21 years.

He said: “I am really pleased to be joining a company with such a strong customer and quality product focus. Pentland Wholesale is a company with great people, products and prices. I am looking forward to meeting existing distributors and developing new strategic partners to grow the business with Pentland Wholesale.”

Maxine Mason, commercial director of Pentland Wholesale added: “We’re very excited to welcome Brendan into the Pentland family. Alongside with Paul Royds, our business development manager for the Northern region and Ireland, we can provide an even better service to our B2B dealers around the country.”